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US protests Chinese military action

Monday - 8/25/2014, 12:21pm EDT

The Obama administration on Friday accused a Chinese fighter jet of conducting a
"dangerous intercept" of a U.S. Navy surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft off
the coast of China in international airspace. The Associated Press reports it's the
fourth such incident since March. Rear Adm. John Kirby, Pentagon Press Secretary,
said Washington protested to the Chinese military through diplomatic channels,
calling the fighter pilot's actions "unsafe and unprofessional." Furthermore, U.S.
officials said this is at least the second formal complaint American diplomats have
filed with the Chinese over these military actions in recent months.